Huntsville gazette., 1887-10-15
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

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| 1th received dispatch from Rear Admiral
Chandler commanding the Asiatic squad
ron, dated Nagasaki, Japan, September Z,
in which he says he will send a ship i'm
mediately to Nonage island of the Caro-
! line group to investigate the native massa-
ere of Spaniards and protect American in
| terests and mission aries in India.
SILAs HAMPTON and Seaborn Green were
hanged for murder at Forth Smith, Ark,
| on the 7th.
| Ex-SEcRETARY MANNING's bank in New
| York has been made Government depos-
itory.
SECRETARY FAIRCHILD had purchased
up to the close Of business on the Sth,
bolsds 10 thsaamount of $i3, ,3se, $50, under.
| the recent call.
THE purchase of the Baltimore & Ohio
telegraph system by Jay Gould's syndic-
! ate is the Wall street sensation of the
| day. Garrett threatens war in the courts.
| CHOLERA at New York and yellow fever
| at Tampa, Fla, are creating some alarm
among our Mexican neighbors, and a
strict quarantine has been declared
against United States ports.
AS an instance of the fieeting nature Of
fame in France, it may be stated that
| General Boulanger's name is now scarcely
heard in Paris, where a few months ago
he was the idol.
IT is stated from London that the sharp
| lawyers of the Irish National League can
find defects in the new Grimes law large
enough to "drive q coach and four
through"
THE President went fishing in Lake
Mendoza, near Madison, Wis, on the Sth,
and had his usual luck with the black
bass.
THE funeral OF Ex-Governor Washburne
of Massachusetts took place at Greenfield
on the Sth. Governor Ames and staff and
several other notables were present.
JULIUS CESAR and Joseph Saunders,
colored, were arraigned in the Yorkville
IN. Y.) police court on the Sth, on the
charge of being engaged in the ''saw-
dust" swindle. Saunders was held for
further hearing and Caesar was dis
charged.
THE Volunteer and her crew were given
brilliant reception on their return to Mar.
blehead, Mass. There was a parade, ibon
fire, torches, fireworks, etc, in honor ol
the victor.
Mrs. MILLER secured a Judgment on the
Sth against the Minnesota & Northwes st
ern Railroad Company in the Circuit
Court at Dubuque, Ia, for the loss of her
husband, who was killed on a construc-
tion train in June last.
THE Russians are accused of numbering
| Chinese officers and appropriating gov
| ernment ammunition and money on the
| Russo-Cbinese frontier.
THE Thakore Sahib of Moryi, India,
W ho has been visiting in this country,
sailed ON the Sth for Liverpool.
A TRAIN with Governor Foraker OF
Ohio on board was wrecked near Rose
| vile, o., on the evening of the 8th. The
Governors car stopped ON the verge of q
steep embankment. He was not hurt.
THE Capitol at Washington is passing
through the annual house-cleaning.
Mr.. SAMUEL J. RANDALL expresses him
self as opposed to any reduction OF the
duty on sugar.
IT is said Senator Stanford, of Cali
fornia, has grown tired of senatorial
honors, and contemplates resigning.
ADvICEs from Shanghai report that the
English gunboat Wasp, which left Singa-
pore for Shanghai, is believed to have
been lost with all hands during the recent
typhoon
The revenue cutter Richard Rush ar
rived at San Francisco from the Arctic
US AS1A CiA lhC cum fttt 4%NSAA AS' '1AAS i y
ports that during the season she had
seized twelve sealing schooners, with a
total of nearly 1909 skins. The Russian
authorities have seized three sealers on
the Siberian coast-one American, one
British and the third nationality IN
known.
THE attention Of Christian Schreck, who
lives three miles north of Akron, O., was
called, on the 9th, to blue jay in the
yard. He went into another room to get
a gun and just as he stepped into the din
ing-room on his return, the weapon was
accidentally discharged, the contents OF
the barrel entering Mrs. Schreck's back,
penetrating the heart, and resulting i'll in
slant death.
THE St. Louis Browns won the first
game of the worlds championship series
on the 10th at ST. Louis, beating the De-
trots by q score of 6 to /.
THE wits of the German press are mer-
cilessly lampooning the French army over
its much-vaunted morale and efficiency,
alluding with biting sarcasm to the bar
| tering Of decorations by the veteran
General Caffarell.
LOCKE & JEwELL'S carriage manufac-
! tory and several contiguous buildings at
! Amesbury, Mass, were burned on the
| 10th. Loss, $l50,000; insurance, $4,000.
THE Charlevoix County (Mich.) court
house, at Boyne City, was burned on the
night of the Sth, together with all the
titles, records, etc. 1t is supposed to have
been the work of an incendlary, and the
result of fierce county-seat war.
| MAURICE STRAKosCH, the famous I'M
pressario, husband of Amelia Patti, died
at Paris on the night of the 9th.
! THE British Government has dispatched
/ four war ships to search for the missing
! gunboat Wasp, which is supposed to have
been lost in recent typhoon.
| THE United States Supreme Court began
| the fall term on the 10th. The only vacant
! seat on the bench was that of Justice
| Woods, deceased.
| 1T is announced that Miss Ethel Sprague,
| the daughter of Mrs. Kate Chase Sprague,
| is preparing for her debut on the theatri-
| cal stage, for which she has been under
going special course Of instruction.
LOUIS SoRocco, an Italian, was Instant
| iy killed at Pittsburgh, Pa. on the 18th,
| by the explosion of a soda fountain which
he was engaged in charging at Louis
| Cella's soda-water panufaetory.
THEEE are no lands vet available for